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    Across the Universe of Time

    When the sea falls from the shore
    As the light sinks low, will I see you any more?
    As the rain falls from the sky
    Can I bring you back, from a distant lullaby?

    Show me your vision, the story begun
    Two lights are rising and burning as one

    In the deep blue of the night
    Shine the millions of stars and my spirit burning
    bright
    Spinning on, into the sun, flying higher
    Now my journey's begun... And the...

    Cold, cold wind, it blows me away
    The feeling all over is a black, black day
    But I know that I'll see you again
    And I know that you're near me

    There's a star, calling my name
    Its echo is true and the song is not the same
    Take my hand and lead me away
    Bring me back to you; in your arms I'm going to
    stay...

    Tell me your vision, the story begun
    Two lights are rising and burning as one

    All those years drifting in space
    I have known you well, yet I've never seen your face
    You turn around, looking at me, laughter in your
    eyes
    And now I can see

    And the cold, cold wind, it blows me away
    The feeling all over is a black, black day
    But I know that I'll see you again
    And I know that you're near me

    Benedictus

    Benedictus qui venit nomine Domini
    Hosanna in excelsis

    Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
    Hosanna in the highest

    Dark Waltz

    We are the lucky ones
    We shine like a thousand suns
    When all of the colour runs together

    I'll keep you company
    In one glorious harmony
    Waltzing with destiny forever

    Dance me into the night
    Underneath the full moon shining so bright
    Turning me into the light

    Time dancers whirling past
    I gaze through the looking glass
    And feel just beyond my grasp is heaven

    Sacred geometry
    Where movement is poetry
    Visions of you and me forever

    Dance me into the night
    Underneath the full moon shining so bright
    Turning me into the light

    Dance me into the night
    Underneath the full moon shining so bright
    Let the dark waltz begin
    Oh let me wheel,  let me spin
    Let it take me again
    Turning me into the light

    Hine E Hine

    E tangi ana Koe
    Hine, E Hine!
    Kua ngenge ana koe
    Hine, E Hine!
    Kati to pouri ra
    Noho i te Aroha
    Te ngakau o te Matua
    Hine, E Hine!

    E Hari to moe moea
    Hine, E Hine!
    Marama ahua
    Hine, E Hine!
    I roto i to moenga
    Mehemea he Marama
    Ka tae mai te Reinga
    Hine, E Hine!

    English translation

    Plaintive all through the night
    Hine, E Hine!
    Weeping till morning light
    Hine, E Hine!
    From my care why try to leap
    There is love for you
    Mother's arms their strength will keep
    Hine, E Hine!
    See where there comes the morn
    Hine, E Hine!
    Long rays of early dawn
    Hine, E Hine!
    Shining to Reinga far
    Where thy noble grandsires are
    Nestle Aroha!
    Hine, E Hine!

    Let Me Lie
    Let me lie on grasses green
    On my mother earth I lean

    Let me lie on grasses green
    On my mother earth I lean

    Under burning sun
    Through my veins she runs

    Let me breathe the forest air
    It's the life force that we all share
    Feel my burning tears

    Heal me through as I lie
    Here with you
    Heal me through
    Let me sleep and keep me close

    Heal me through as I lie
    Here with you
    Heal me through
    Let me sleep and keep me close

    Let me lie on grasses green
    On my mother earth I lean
    Under burning sun
    Through my veins she runs

    Heal me through as I lie
    Here with you
    Heal me through
    Let me sleep and keep me close

    Heal me through as I lie
    Here with you
    Heal me through
    Let me sleep and keep me close

    Let me lie on grasses green
    On my mother earth I lean
    Under burning sun
    Through my veins she runs

    Heal me through as I lie
    Here with you
    Heal me through
    Let me sleep and keep me close

    Heal me through as I lie
    Here with you
    Heal me through
    Let me sleep and keep me close

    Under burning sun
    Through my veins she runs
    Her [sic] and I are one

    Melancholy Interlude

    Cold nights of loneliness
    Dark nights of emptiness
    I stood there waiting
    But the summer came too late

    Seasons unfold
    Stories lie untold
    And still my heart is waiting
    Summer came too late

    Pokarekare Ana

    Pokarekare ana
    Nga wai o waiapu
    Whiti atu koe hine
    Marino ana e

    E hine e
    Hoki maira
    Kamate au
    -i te aroha e

    Tuhituhi taku rita
    Tuku atu taku ringi
    Kia kiti to iwi
    Raru raru ana e

    E hine e
    Hoki maira
    Kamate au I could die
    -i te aroha e

    E hine e
    Hoki maira
    Kamate au
    -i te aroha e

    Kamate au I could die
    -i te aroha e Of love for you

    English translation

    Stormy are the waters
    Of restless Waiapu
    If you cross them, girl
    They will be calmed

    Oh girl
    Come back to me
    I could die
    Of love for you

    I write you my letter
    I send you my ring
    So your people can see
    How troubled I am

    Oh girl
    Come back to me
    I could die
    Of love for you

    Oh girl
    Come back to me
    I could die
    Of love for you

    I could die
    Of love (for you).

    Prayer

    Let your arms enfold us
    Through the dark of night
    Will your angels hold us
    Till we see the light

    Hush, lay down your troubled mind
    The day has vanished and left us behind
    And the wind - whispering soft lullabies
    Will soothe - so close your eyes

    Let your arms enfold us
    Through the dark of night
    Will your angels hold us
    Till we see the light

    Sleep, angels will watch over you
    And soon beautiful dreams will come true
    Can you feel spirits embracing your soul
    So dream while secrets of darkness unfold

    Let your arms enfold us
    Through the dark of night
    Will your angels hold us
    Till we see the light

    River Of Dreams

    River of dreams take me with you tonight
    Lying in your arms we'll drift to
    Islands of wonder that gleam and glow
    Under the stars
    As we glide through the dark
    To the heart of the night

    River of dreams gently hold me again
    I remember all you told me
    All of the secrets you whispered as we crept away
    From the daylight and melted back into the night

    Was I awake or did I dream
    The kiss of waves
    The silver slipstream
    That tumbles as it turns again towards the sea

    River of dreams softly flowing away
    Let me follow where you are going
    And make me a part of you
    Deep in the heart of you
    Let my reflection be clear
    In the water of life
    That tumbles as it turns again towards the night

    That tumbles as it turns again towards the night

    She Moves Through The Fair

    My young love said to me
    My mother won't mind
    And my father won't slight you
    For your lack of kind

    She stepped away from me
    And she moved through the fair
    And fondly I watched her
    Move here and move there
    And then she went onwards
    Just one star awake
    Like the swan in the evening
    Moves over the lake

    Last night she came to me
    My dead love came in
    So softly she came
    That her feet made no din
    And she laid her hand on me
    And this she did say
    It will not be long now
    And she moved through the fair

    Summer Fly

    In another younger day I could dream the time
    away
    In the universe inside my room
    And the world was really mine from June to
    September
    And if that wasn't really so I was lucky not to know
    And I was lucky not to wonder why
    'Cause summertime is all that I remember

    A summer fly was buzzin' every night
    When I was young
    In the gentle world my childlike senses knew
    When the world was just my cousin
    And the wind was just the dawn
    The voice my lonely moments listened to

    And I look at me today all my dreams have gone
    away
    And I'm where I never thought I'd be
    Seein' things I never thought I'd see happening to me
    And I lie awake at night till the darkness goes to
    light
    Hearin' voices callin' out my name
    Dronin' over and again the same message to me

    Cryin' who's your partner, who's your darlin', who's
    your baby now?
    Who wakes up at night to pull you in?
    Whoa, it don't matter, you’d just make her lonely
    anyhow
    Don't know why you even try to win

    Wuthering Heights

    We'd roll and fall in green.
    You had a temper like my jealousy:
    Too hot, too greedy.
    How could you leave me,
    When I needed to possess you?
    I hated you. I loved you, too.

    Bad dreams in the night.
    They told me I was going to lose the fight,
    Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
    Wuthering Heights.

    Heathcliff, it's me-Cathy.
    Come home. I'm so cold!
    Let me in-a-your window.
    Heathcliff, it's me-Cathy.
    Come home. I'm so cold!
    Let me in-a-your window.

    Ooh, it gets dark! It gets lonely,
    On the other side from you.
    I pine a lot. I find the lot
    Falls through without you.
    I'm coming back, love.
    Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream,
    My only master.

    Too long I roam in the night.
    I'm coming back to his side, to put it right.
    I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering,
    Wuthering Heights,

    Heathcliff, it's me-Cathy.
    Come home. I'm so cold!
    Let me in-a-your window.
    Heathcliff, it's me-Cathy.
    Come home. I'm so cold!
    Let me in-a-your window.

    Ooh! Let me have it.
    Let me grab your soul away.
    Ooh! Let me have it.
    Let me grab your soul away.
    You know it's me-Cathy!

    Heathcliff, it's me-Cathy.
    Come home. I'm so cold!
    Let me in-a-your window.
    Heathcliff, it's me-Cathy.
    Come home. I'm so cold!
    Let me in-a-your window.

    Heathcliff, it's me-Cathy.
    Come home. I'm so cold!

    You Are Water

    When I'm lost in a tunnel of shadows and fears
    with no light, only night.
    And I listen for kind words but nobody's here,
    oh so blue, all but you.

    You are the one voice
    that gives me my own voice
    oh don't you know?

    You are water on a hot summer day
    for a thirsty daughter who's finding her way.
    You are water, I found my oasis
    I'm drinking from the fountain of dreams
    You are water.

    You hear the melody of my song.
    You stop time, heal my mind.
    You show me struggle can make you so strong.
    Plant the seed, let is sleep.

    You are the one voice
    that gives me my own voice
    oh don't you know?

    You are water on a hot summer day
    for a thirsty daughter, finding her way.
    You are water, I found my oasis
    and now I've got my arms wide open,
    now we've got my wishes in motion and
    I want to thank you, yeah I want to thank you.

    Every step that you take...shows me the way

    You are water on a hot summer day
    for a thirsty daughter, finding her way.
    You are water
    I found my oasis and now I've got my wishes in
    motion.

    You are water. You are water.
    You are water. You are water.

    Pie Jesu (English)

    Merciful Jesus, Merciful Jesus, Merciful Jesus,
    Merciful Jesus
    Who takes away the sins of the world
    Grant them peace
    Grant them everlasting peace

    Lamb of God, lamb of god, lamb of god, lamb of god
    You who take away the sins of the world
    Grant them peace, grant them everlasting peace

    Everlasting, peace, everlasting

    The Last Rose of Summer

    ‘Tis the last rose of summer
    Left blooming all alone,
    All her lovely companions
    Are faded and gone.
    No flower of her kindred,
    No rose bud is nigh,
    To reflect back her blushes,
    And give sigh for sigh.

    I’ll not leave thee, thou lone one,
    To pine on the stem.
    Since the lovely are sleeping,
    Go sleep now with them.
    Thy leaves o’er the bed
    Where thy mates of the garden
    Lie scentless and dead.

    So soon may I follow
    When friendships decay,
    And from love’s shining circle
    The gems drop away!
    When true hearts lie withered
    And fond ones are flown
    Oh! Who would inhabit
    This bleak world alone?

    The Mummers’ Dance

    Music and lyrics by Loreena McKennitt

    When in the Springtime of the year
    When the trees are crowned with leaves
    When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
    Are dressed in ribbons fair

    When owls call the breathless moon
    In the blue veil of the night
    The shadows of the trees appear
    Amidst the lantern light

    Chorus:
    We've been rambling all the night
    And some time of this day
    Now returning back again
    We bring a garland gay

    Who will go down to those shady groves
    And summon the shadows there
    And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
    In the springtime of the year

    The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
    That when the fiddler plays
    All their voices can be heard
    Long past their woodland days

    Chorus:
    We've been rambling all the night
    And some time of this day
    Now returning back again
    We bring a garland gay

    And so they linked their hands and danced
    Round in circles and in rows
    And so the journey of the night descends
    When all the shades are gone

    "A garland gay we bring you here
    And at your door we stand
    It is a sprout well budded out
    The work of Our Lord's hand"

    Chorus:
    We've been rambling all the night
    And some time of this day
    Now returning back again
    We bring a garland gay

    Chorus:
    We've been rambling all the night
    And some time of this day
    Now returning back again

    May It Be

    Music: Eithne Nà Bhraonáin -: Roma Ryan

    May it be an evening star
    Shines down upon you
    May it be when darkness falls
    Your heart will be true
    You walk a lonely road
    Oh! How far you are from home

    Mornië utúlië (Quenya: Darkness has come)
    Believe and you will find your way
    Mornië alantië (Quenya: Darkness has fallen)
    A promise lives within you now

    May it be the shadow's call
    Will fly away
    May it be your journey on
    To light the day
    When the night is overcome
    You may rise to find the sun

    Mornië utúlië (Quenya: Darkness has come)
    Believe and you will find your way

    Mornië alantië (Quenya: Darkness has fallen)
    A promise lives within you now
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